Total Crime Rate
153.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wadeson Street area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 312th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wadeson Street (E2 9DW) in the last 12 months was 153.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -81.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 58.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wadeson Street (E2 9DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mare Street, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Booth Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Booth Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Booth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Earlston Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Earlston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earlston Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Silk Weaver Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Northiam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northiam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Northiam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northiam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parmiter Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vyner Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fremont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fremont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Grove | β |
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